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TIMOTHY H. HUTCHINSQN, O F GORHAM, NEW. HAMPSHIRE. v Leners PatenrNo. sagte-dated Janna/ry 19,1869.

' IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

To all to whom these presents shall come:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY H. HuTcHINsoN, of Gorham, in the county of Coos, and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and improved Churn; anddo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference Abeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspeci- `cation, and in which- Figure l is a perspective View, and

Figure 2, a vertical and longitudinal section of the aforesaid invention.

Its object is to produce a simple, cheap, and eective churn.

The invention consists of a vibrating receptacle for the cream, formed and constructed as hereinafter described, so as to admit of apertures or openings being made rn the receptacle for the circulation of air therein, without danger ofthe cream being thrown out.

In the drawings above referred to- A denotes the receptacle, in which the cream is placed, constructed of wood, tin, or any material which back over the bottom, so that when the cream, during the vibratory movement of the churn, is thrown from end to end of the receptacle, the parts e will prevent all splashing and scattering of the liquid.

By reason of this formation, the cover I), which its over the top of the vessel, can be perforated, to allow 'a circulation of air, ywithout fear of the cream being thrownout during its agitation; and in this manner I attain an important advantage, which has .not hereto fore been found in churns ofthis class.

In operating the above-described apparatus, a suitable quantity of cream is placed within the receptacle -elevated nearly to the height of the chin, and the elbows near the body, the receptacle A may be swu'ng back and forth, five or six inches,withgreat ea'se.

I have found that, after a few vibrations, when the creamhas obtained the motion, it requires less power than when empty, and that a very weak person can produce butter in a few minutes. The vibrator-y motion imparted to thereceptacle, causes the cream to flow along the bottom, till it strikes the end, and then is thrown upward and backward, but is prevented from being thrown out by the formation at'ec. A

This motion, without the aid of any inside machinery, has been/found to work successfully and quickly.

'lhe'butterfQr-ms in ellipsoids, somewhat smaller than a hens egg, and remarkably free from butterp milk.

The vibratory motion of the receptacle may be obtained by the aid vof machinery.

Having described my invention, I would state, in conclusion, that I do not claim broadly a churn in which the'cream-receptacle has a vibratory or swinging motion; but

What I do claim, and desire to 'secru'e' by Letters Patent, is-

The employment, in ehurns in which the cream-vessel or receptacle hasa vibra-tory or swinging movement, as herein described, of a cream-receptacle, A, the bottom and sides, eof which are constructed and formed substantially in the manner and for the-purposes herein shown and set forth.

TIMOTHY H. HUIOHINSON.

- Witnesses:

JOHN E. WILLIS, LAURE WILLIS. 

